Customer Reviews

EVGA 896-P3-1260-AR e-GeForce GTX260 896MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card - Lifetime Warranty

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Got this as a gift for my daughter who is a big WOW gamer. First, you have to make sure you have enough power for this card as it really sucks it up. I had to upgrade her power supply to a 600 watt unit from her systems 350 stock unit . . . got a deal on a OZ supply that works great -- just make sure there is plenty of 12 volt rail power.

Second, this card is huge! You have to make sure there is enough length clearance as well as two slot spaces available. Had to move some of the hard drive connectors around to make space for the back of the card.

Some good design features made this a desirable card. All the hot air goes out the back slots, so it actually helps keep the entire unit cooler. The connectors on the back are solid and the card seats in perfectly. The card is very quiet compared to a ATI-based card we tested, hard to tell it is there. The fan speed varies by heat and draw and she has never had it go up even close to max. By making sure I got her a very quiet power supply and the design of this card, upgrading her system actually made it quieter.

Now my daughter plays World of Warcraft with every setting at max on a 24" monitor with a second monitor for control and messages. No stutter or freezing, no artifacts, just game fun.

Definitely worth it. The SSC edition is discontinued so I don't know if this will help anybody. I have an AM2 6000+ with 3GB RAM and Vista 64. Crysis rocks with this card. It plays at 1280x1024 at ultrahigh for the first couple boards, but I had to turn it down to high settings for later boards. (Including turning the resolution down for the last big boss.)

My system couldn't push a 280 anyway, so this card was perfect. I wonder how much more I could get with PCI express 16x 2.0, but it does everything I want it to.

The seller was A+, no complaints, and fast ship time. (Electronica Direct.) Plus the card is EVGA, so if I have a problem, EVGA has very good support and RMA.

Great card. Mine came factory overclocked, even though I bought the basic version.

Handles anything I throw at it just fine, with AA turned up.

Got an awesome deal on it over a month ago, would buy it again!

This card is fantastic, but I got it when it was new and the price was great. I don't know if it's rare now or what but there are better values to be had.

I still rate the card 5 stars, the product is amazing, just make sure the price makes sense.

For over 3 months now I've been going back and forth either to get AMD's 4870-1GB or Nvidia's GTX260. I've been reading reviews stating that the 4870 runs really really hot which is really bad because it might potentially melt your motherboard or other computer component and maybe cause a fire. Also it consumes more electrical current. On top of that, some games prefer AMD, some games prefer NVIDIA and the games that I prefer happens to run better on NVIDIA !! I got it less than 2 weeks ago and been very happy with it :) Idle @ 54 degree C and Intense Playing @ 66 degree C :)

La tarjeta es inmensa mide 27.5 cm de largo, las temperaturas en idle son entre los 49 a 52 grados, en full entre los 69 a 72 grados, fue un salto imprecionante de mi antigua 8600gts a esta gtx260, el rendimiento es muy bueno crysis en high dx9 con 8AA anda al rededor de 30 - 35 fps, muy buen precio, lo unico es que hay que cuidar la tapa del conector spdif (perdi la mia), en general exelente y silenciosa, la utilidad precision permite modificar todos los reglages de la tarjeta, mi config es amd X2 5000+ BE @3000mhz, 4GB 2X2 mushkin 6400 @860mhz, gtx260 stock, mb asus m2n-e, fuente thermaltake W144 purepower 600W.... tambien tiene un sistema de ahoro de energia cuando no es nesesaria los clocks bajan a menos de la mitad: core clock de 576mhz a 301mhz, shader clock de 1242mhz a 602mhz y memory clock de 999mhz a 100mhz, funciona perfecta con los slots pci-e X16 V1.0 a pesar de ser V2.0...... permite CUDA y physx de NVIDIA

Got this on Nov 22nd, 2008. Ran great. Ran Fallout3 at max everything glass smooth. Ran WoW max everything at 100fps until I upgraded to WOTLK, but even after that still got >40fps at almost all times.

Great card until the fan started making this horrific high pitched squealing. After about 40 minutes of that, it gave me incredible headaches. Tried fixing it by downloading eVGA's Precision utility and modulating the fan speed. That made it go away for an hour or two until the squealing came back.

Despite the price of this thing, I can only assume eVGA is using cheapo fans to cause the bearings to fail so fast.

I have never returned ANYTHING to Amazon, but I returned this. I'm buying an XFX instead... never had any problems with them.

excellent!!!!!!!

is very heavy but is quiet and doesnt is very hot.

performance is good.

i am very happy.